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Project Number: | I21RX003460-01 |
| Title: | Teaching Loved Ones to Help Veterans Optimize their PTSD Care and Healing |
| Principal Investigator: | Laura Meis |
| Location: | Minneapolis, MN |
| Congressional District Code: | 5 |
| Research Service: | Rehabilitation R&D |
| Project Period: | August 2020 - July 2022 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $94,554 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$199,978 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Impacts. We aim to improve the mental health, family functioning, and well-being of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through developing and evaluating a trauma-focused, couple therapy for PTSD. We will use strategies from Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (ICBT) to help intimate partners support veterans during exposure therapy for PTSD (Prolonged Exposure; PE). We anticipate this approach will increase veterans’ engagement in PE, but also improve relationship functioning,... |